Overview

• Universal and Blumhouse released the first trailer June 2, showcasing Ethan Hawke’s masked killer back as a malevolent ghost.
• The sequel picks up four years after the original, with Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw reprising their roles as 17-year-old Finn and his 15-year-old sister Gwen.
• Gwen’s psychic visions drive the plot as she receives black-phone calls in her dreams and uncovers deaths at Alpine Lake Youth Camp.
• Scott Derrickson directs and co-wrote the script with C. Robert Cargill, promising heightened violence and scarier supernatural elements.
• The Black Phone 2 is set to hit theaters October 17, 2025, positioning Universal to launch a new horror franchise.